Before waiting for the news of the return of Shanghai to Beijing, the Chen family came to the news first, saying that the border was a stalemate, and Chen Jiayuanlang was going to go to the town to wait for the territory, and went home to visit his relatives first.

At this time, Mrs. Chen was preparing for the evening banquet, saying that Chu Nian's cousin would arrive almost later, and asked her to go with her to celebrate and help prepare for it.

Chu Nian took Mei Xiang with him, what happened in the Chu family was not publicized, not to mention that Zhu's mother's identity was sensitive, even if she went out, I was afraid that someone with a heart would say that Chu Nian was making a big fuss, that is, burying Zhu's mother's departure in the bottom of his heart, Rao is heart was still not smooth, and Chu Nian still had a seemingly perfect smile on the corner of his mouth, which made people feel distressed.

When Chu Nian and Mei Xiang arrived at Chen's house, Mrs. Chen had already greeted her, and at this moment, Mrs. Chen had already replaced the clothes of the rich lady on weekdays, and her face was extremely gentle because she was dressed as a chef, and when she saw Chu Nian, the joy on Mrs. Chen's face could not be concealed at all.

"Nian'er, you are here, come with me to the kitchen to try it, I don't know if the new dishes I made are delicious or not, if they can't meet your cousin's appetite, then it will be troublesome."

Chu Nian asked the mothers next to him for two aprons, and planned to go into battle with Mei Xiang in person, so he nodded with a smile at Mrs. Chen and said, "Uncle and mother cook for their cousin, how can my cousin not like it." ”

Mrs. Chen glanced at Chu Nian with a sneer, "Just your sweet mouth, come, taste this, this is what I only researched today, Ming Ming Songqing, you taste it." ”

Chu Nian's eyes swept over the table of various dishes on the table, and smiled helplessly, if she tasted it in a circle, she was afraid that she would be full before the dinner party started.

At this stall, I saw Mrs. Chen patting her head and saying, "Ah, I forgot to buy pine nut dew, look at my brain." ”

Chu Nian glanced at his eyebrows slightly: "Pine kernel dew? ”

The mother-in-law on the side patiently explained: "The lady doesn't know, Mrs. has very high expectations for this meal, all the ingredients are the best, although this pine nut dew is also available at home, but it is far less good than the mill in the west of the city, Mrs. Fang Cai went to the street for a walk, but because she bought too many ingredients, she forgot about this thing." ”

At this moment, Mrs. Chen was also full of self-blame: "I knew that Fang Cai should have taken you there, at least she could remind me a little, but what now?" The maids and ladies are busy, and they don't know who can spare them. ”

The mother-in-law smiled kindly, as if she was used to seeing Mrs. Chen's forgetful appearance, Chu Nian half-lowered her eyes and smiled lightly: "That Nian'er just ran away, it just so happened that Nian'er couldn't help much here, but added to the chaos." ”

Mrs. Chen glanced at Chu Nian in embarrassment, and at the end, she sighed and said: "Then you go first, Mother Zhang, go and bring some silver taels to Nian'er, there are a few tailor shops in the west of the city, if Nian'er sees any new clothes, buy a few more, this is too busy for the New Year, and my aunt hasn't had time to add new clothes to you." ”

Chu Nian did not refuse Mrs. Chen's proposal, after all, this is a piece of the family's heart, waiting for Zhang's mother to come back with the silver taels, Chu Nian and Mei Xiang left the Chen family and went all the way to the mill in the west of the city.

Today, there is a commotion on the street, and when the people heard that the hussar general was going to return to Beijing, they were all wandering in the streets, looking forward to it, and they also wanted to see this legendary young hero.

Chu Nian led Mei Xiang to squeeze around in the crowd, and heard rumors about the hussar general, Chu Nian didn't know much about this cousin, probably because he had heard that he had won a few battles at the border pass, and the enemy troops guarding him there were all frightened, and now after listening to the almost godlike speeches of the people, even Chu Nian had to be impressed by this cousin.

"Let's just say that the last time there was a war in the south, it was the hussar general who went to quell the chaos in person, and as soon as the gang of bandits saw the hussar general, they immediately ran away."

"Hey, that's not all, the last time there were bandits in the north, it happened that the general was passing by on the march, so he put down 100,000 elite soldiers and broke into the cottage alone, guess what? One hundred and ten bandits, the hussar general was only alone, and all the bandits were annihilated! ”

Mei Xiang, who was beside Chu Nian, looked at Chu Nian curiously, "Lady, wasn't the hussar general only admitted to the martial arts champion a few years ago?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian glanced at Mei Xiang sideways, and shook his head slightly: "I don't know very well, since I was a child, I don't seem to have seen this cousin yet." ”

Seeing this, Mei Xiang had no choice but to close her mouth, glanced thoughtfully at the few people who were still talking, and turned her eyes to look at the ready-to-wear store on the street. ”

At this moment, Mei Xiang's eyes lit up, even Chu Nian had to raise his head, and when he looked at Mei Xiang's gaze, he saw the emerald green long skirt, with a few pink plum blossoms embroidered on the long skirt, the workmanship was a little exquisite, but it was a bargain at first glance.

Chu Nian smiled helplessly: "Do you like it?" ”

Mei Xiang's eyes were still shining, and she couldn't hide the desire in her eyes, but she honestly withdrew her eyes: "The slave just thinks it's good-looking." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian lowered his eyes, his gaze swept over Mei Xiang's white-washed maid suit, and pulled Mei Xiang towards the store: "You are going to get married sooner or later, how can you dress like this all day, if the dark three come back in a few days, I will definitely dislike you." ”

Mei Xiang wanted to struggle, but Chu Nian's hand strength was still really struggling, so she had to cry without tears: "Don't worry about the slave and maid, the slave and maid are just a maid, how can they be qualified to wear such good clothes." ”

Chu Nian looked back at her with disgust: "My maid must be better dressed than other people's maids, you don't have to say more, if you say more, I will beat you when I turn around." ”

Hearing this, Mei Xiang hurriedly stopped, looking at the stubborn Chu Nian in front of her, there was a faint tear in her eyes, but at this stall, she saw a woman walking to the side of the emerald green dress first, and said to the shopkeeper on the side: "I want this dress, wrap it for me." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the woman in a gorgeous dress inexplicably: "Lady, I'm afraid this dress in the shop is not worthy of ......"

"Shut up, I said I want it, I want it, I buy it back and throw it away, can't I?"

Chu Nian's footsteps stopped not far away, his eyes swept over the woman, and the woman was also looking Chu Nian up and down at the moment, with a faint hint of disdain in her eyes, although this hostility came inexplicably, everyone present could see that this hostility was aimed at Chu Nian.

The shopkeeper looked a little embarrassed, he glanced at Chu Nian, and at the end, sighed, and had to take off the clothes.

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, his eyes swept over the woman, at this moment the woman was standing by the wall, there were all kinds of people-friendly clothes on the wall, which was in stark contrast to her gorgeous outfit, and the woman was also looking at Chu Nian defiantly, as if to say, "Do you want to buy your maid?" I'm sorry, I won't give you a maid if I take this dress back and throw it away! ”

Smelling the inexplicable smell of gunpowder in the air, Mei Xiang stood behind Chu Nian with a cower: "Lady, forget it, it's just a piece of clothing, and the slave doesn't need it much." ”

At this stall, I heard the sneering voice of the woman opposite: "The unequaled county lord is really generous, it's not good to buy it for anyone, buy it for a mere maid, and I don't know who to show it." ”

Chu Nian raised her eyebrows, she also knew that she was the unequaled county lord, so she must be the young lady of the official eunuch family, but this young lady of the official eunuch family could have such courage to provoke her on the street, and the status of this family in the court was not low?

"I don't know who the lady is? Why has the lord never seen you? ”

A few county lords of the prince's family flashed in her mind, and Chu Nian couldn't figure out which family this was, and at this point, she saw that the woman's eyes were full of domineering, "Of course you don't know me, but your reputation can be regarded as famous in our Western Chu." ”

Xichu? As soon as these words came out, even the shopkeeper on the side also shook, the Wushuang county lord even said, although the Wushuang county lord said that his reputation is high on weekdays, but in the end he is still close to the people, and he has to personally purchase something in the bazaar every once in a while, and he is kind, she can appear in his small shop, and the people will not be surprised.

Now that because of the barbarian invasion, the border pass has been tense, where did the eldest lady of Xichu come from in their territory to drink to their unequaled county lord?

Moreover, the style of this girl's clothes looks very cool, and her appearance is not as deep as that of the Western Chu people, where does she look like a Western Chu person?

Western Chu people? Chu Nian narrowed her eyes slightly, she didn't know that her reputation was so big in Western Chu, counting the Western Chu people she had come into contact with, that is, Mu Qing and Western Chu Yueling?

Chu Nian smiled slightly, and said in an official tone: "I don't know which princess of Western Chu is coming, and I am not welcome." ”

As soon as these words came out, the shopkeeper's hand shook, and then he had a little understanding of Chu Nian, after all, the Western Chu people who dared to call and drink to the Wushuang County Lord on the territory of Daliang, only those royal daughters had this qualification, and the woman in front of her behaved rudely, obviously not like a palace noblewoman, but like some nouveau riche, in short, it was unpleasant.

But when Chu Nian said this, he obviously told the woman that people below the royal family were not qualified to call her unparalleled county lord, which was a secret warning.

At this moment, the woman's face seemed to have eaten, she looked at Chu Nian, her eyes were full of annoyance: "But just a county lord, Da Liang is still regarded as a treasure, the county lord's status, in my Xichu, but the most inferior, I will tell you that I am the daughter of the prime minister of Western Chu, and I will inherit the position of prime minister in the future to assist the eldest princess to ascend the throne!" ”

The Prime Minister's daughter? Chu Nian couldn't help but sneer, a mere prime minister can step on the head of Xichu Yueling, it seems that there is no peace in Xichu now.

As soon as the woman said this, she was waiting for Chu Nian's worship with pride on her face, but she didn't expect that Chu Nian just glanced at her sideways, then turned around and walked towards the shopkeeper, completely ignoring the daughter of the prime minister.

She turned her eyes to look at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want this dress, and it is better to sell it to me than to sell it to the person who is ready to waste other people's labor." ”